Alert archive / North Carolina / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026
12 winter storm warnings in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 12
- Busiest month
- January10 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20264 winter storm warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 9:36 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Edgecombe and 22 more | 70 hr |
| Jan 23, 9:39 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 69 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:16 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 59 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 66 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MRX | Cherokee, Clay | 57 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:29 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and 3 more | 63 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 58 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:30 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 57 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:42 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 52 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:54 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 52 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Avery, Mitchell | 63 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:59 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 63 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashe County3
- Watauga County3
- Alamance County2
- Anson County2
- Chatham County2
- Davidson County2
- Durham County2
- Edgecombe County2
- Forsyth County2
- Franklin County2
- Granville County2
- Guilford County2
- Halifax County2
- Harnett County2
- Hoke County2
- Johnston County2
- Lee County2
- Montgomery County2
- Moore County2
- Nash County2
- Orange County2
- Person County2
- Randolph County2
- Richmond County2
- Scotland County2
- Stanly County2
- Vance County2
- Wake County2
- Warren County2
- Wilson County2
- Alleghany County2
- Caswell County2
- Rockingham County2
- Stokes County2
- Surry County2
- Wilkes County2
- Yadkin County2
- Gates County2
- Hertford County2
- Northampton County2
60 more counties
- Avery County2
- Mitchell County2
- Alexander County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Graham County1
- Haywood County1
- Henderson County1
- Iredell County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Macon County1
- Madison County1
- Mecklenburg County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
- Rutherford County1
- Swain County1
- Transylvania County1
- Union County1
- Yancey County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson County1
- Beaufort County1
- Carteret County1
- Craven County1
- Dare County1
- Duplin County1
- Greene County1
- Hyde County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Martin County1
- Onslow County1
- Pamlico County1
- Pitt County1
- Tyrrell County1
- Washington County1
- Bertie County1
- Camden County1
- Chowan County1
- Currituck County1
- Pasquotank County1
- Perquimans County1
- Cumberland County1
- Sampson County1
- Wayne County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.